Hosts an invite-only event "Liquidity After Dark" in Miami on 2026-05-05 from 9pm-12am EDT alongside dflow, Helius, and Ellipsis Labs.

Signed MOU with KODA, Korea's largest digital asset custodian, to explore institutional custody and staking support for JitoSOL in the Korean market.

BAM network has 354 connected validators and 13 active BAM nodes across 3 continents.

14,900 JitoSOL has been claimed via JIP-31.

312 validators are eligible for the subsidy program.

Listed among top gainers on April 13, 2026.

Included in Grayscale's Q2 2026 Assets Under Consideration list alongside 27 other tokens.

Served as Gold Sponsor at Web3 Business Hub's Enterprise Vision Summit in Japan on 2026-04-07, represented by Head of APAC Marc Liew.

Jito Labs was founded in 2021.

Open-sourced the Jito-Solana validator client in Q3 2022.

Launched first liquid staking token JitoSOL in late 2022.

Introduced Stakenet autonomous stake pool delegation in 2023.

Jito validator client reached approximately 30% of total Solana network stake in Q3 2023.

Jito Foundation executed JTO token airdrop and launched Jito DAO at the end of 2023.

Jito Foundation launched an in-house production studio in 2024.

Launched Jito (Re)staking at the end of 2024.

REX-Osprey SSK ETF integrated JitoSOL in mid-2025.

BAM validators hold ~$10B SOL, representing 28.1% of Solana network stake as of 2026-04-07.

Hiring a senior software engineer for special projects at Jito Labs.

Ranked 5th among top Solana ecosystem projects by development activity in April 2026, down from a higher position the previous month.

Generated 406,568 SOL in tips during March 2026, a 15.8% decrease from February 2026's 482,876 SOL, as priority fees and Jito tips cooled with reduced memecoin-driven competitive bidding activity.

JTO is down 95% from its all-time high as of April 2, 2026.

Lost approximately $7 million worth of jitoSOL and JitoSOL combined in a Drift protocol exploit on March 31, 2026, where compromised admin keys allowed an attacker to withdraw collateral by creating a worthless token with maximum collateral weights.

JitoSOL has 11.4 million in TVL on Solana.

Launched investor relations portal on Blockworks; metrics trackable on Analytics page under Liquid Staking.

Integrated JitoSOL as collateral on Derive alongside native SOL for perpetuals and options trading, enabling hedging, selling volatility, or long positions while earning staking yield.

Processes 50 million transactions daily.

Generates daily MEV revenue from validator tips that exceeds base fees earned by validators.

Ranked 4th among top Solana ecosystem projects by development activity in March 2026, rising from last month's ranking.

Jito Foundation acquired SolanaFloor, an independent Solana news outlet, on March 10th, 2026, retaining editorial independence.

CLO at Jito is speaking at the DAS conference.

Reached TVL of $339,409 for JUP-JITOSOL liquidity pool on Kamino with 20.72% APR; jitoSOL offers 22% APY in an LST loop on the platform as of March 22, 2026.

Nasdaq filed with SEC to list VanEck JitoSOL ETF, the first US exchange filing for a liquid staking token.

Hosted JET Pitshop event in London in February 2026.

Signed Memorandum of Understanding with Hanwha Asset Management and launched Asia's first regulated JitoSOL ETPs in Korea.

Ranked 10th in CoinMarketCap's weekly top gainers list with a +20.21% price increase for the week ending February 20, 2026.

Co-sponsored the Solana After Hours event in Hong Kong that reached full capacity on February 13, 2026.

Launched a new JET wing focused on the LATAM region for Solana-related activities.

Integrated JitoSOL with Hex Trust for native custody, collateral treatment, and trading, enabling staking, MEV rewards, and LST-backed lending within a regulated custodial environment for institutional staking with capital efficiency.

Hosting an X Space with Hush Protocol founders on 2026-02-10 at 12pm EST to discuss the JitoSOL integration and privacy on Solana.

Jito Foundation representative participates in Solana Breakout X Space event on 2026-02-10 from 20:00 to 21:00 EST.

Listed on Lighter exchange with 3X leverage trading available.

Integrated with Hush Protocol to enable private transfers of JitoSOL with shielding and unshielding capabilities, leaving no onchain link between sender and receiver wallets.

Co-hosting Solana After Hours event at Consensus HK 2026 on February 11, 2026, alongside Nansen, Mayan Finance, MetaEra HK, SNS, and Solflare.

reached 21,000 users over the last 30 days ending January 30, 2026

21shares launched a 100% JitoSOL-backed ETP (ticker: JSOL) in the EU on January 29, 2026.

Gained 40.45% on January 28, 2026, ranked as top gainer.

a16z invested $50M at the end of 2025.

Received a 129 SOL tip (approximately $21,000) from a single arbitrage transaction through its auction mechanism on January 20, 2026.

Integrated with LI.FI protocol to support Jito Bundles on Solana, enabling atomic multi-step transactions through LI.FI's platform.

Released Validator Scorecard tool evaluating Solana validator performance. Launched IBRL block-building analytics dashboard in 2026.

Generated cumulative $1.5 billion in rewards for stakers and validators, including $650M in MEV tips for bundle inclusion in 2025, representing over 50% of Solana's Real Economic Value.

Rebecca Rettig appeared on GSR's podcast discussing JitoSOL market share, Solana DeFi, and TradFi/crypto convergence.

Three whales or institutions withdrew 1.33 million JTO tokens valued at $521,000 from exchanges over a two-day period ending December 31, 2025.

Minted 316,000 JitoSOL on December 18, 2025

Relocated core operations back to the United States in 2026.

Increased competition in Solana block building space as Harmonic, Bloxroute, and Raiku compete for market share per Breakpoint 25 takeaways.

Plans new validator client BAM in 2025 and a fourth "Access" component as part of the Market Layer framework.

The protocol records $2.38M in real fees and cashflow for the week, ranking 9th among top DeFi protocols measured by this performance metric.

Became the largest LST protocol on Solana by TVL, reaching $3 billion in 2024.

@defiapp hosts a trading leaderboard competition with $2,000 in JTO prizes, with snapshot occurring and top 50 traders entering a raffle.

TVL fell below $1 billion for the first time since February 2024, declining 73% from $3.77 billion and 70% from its January 2025 peak of $3.9 billion. SOL TVL decreased 34.5% from 18.9 million SOL to 12.38 million SOL.

Jito has speaking sessions scheduled at Solana Breakpoint conference in Abu Dhabi on Day 2 (December 12) at 6:10pm.

A lawsuit against Pump.fun extends to include Jito and Solana Labs as additional parties in the legal action.

Jito publishes a comprehensive week-long review document addressing Block Auction Mechanism (BAM) concerns and providing responses to community questions about design trade-offs.

Drift Protocol announces upcoming Jito BAM plugin integration in their v3 upgrade to enforce cancel-before-take mechanics, protect market makers, and enable tighter spreads.

Flipped by Sanctum in TVL, now ranks #5 on Solana, previously #3.

Runs 60% of Solana validator network with rewards identical to BAM's offering, and powers MEV for 80% of Solana validators.

Nonprofits can now receive Jito tokens as donations through a crypto donation platform for Crypto Giving Tuesday.

Co-hosted Accelerace event with DoubleZero at Solana Breakpoint conference in Abu Dhabi; partners with DoubleZero Edge for market maker infrastructure.

Passed five governance proposals (JIP 26-30) Nov 29th, extending $3m+ buyback program and introducing directed staking functionality. Prioritized stake toward BAM validators, with 120 million SOL staked across them.

The crypto exchange Upbit confirms approximately $36.8M in assets including JTO were transferred to an unknown wallet on Nov 27, 2025, resulting in full suspension of deposits and withdrawals.

A technical bug in the Jito plugin crashes Solana validators when processing bundles of 6 transactions, potentially impacting 20% of validators.

A new NFT governance project called "Jito Cabal" launches with NFTs backed by capital deposited into a vault that earns yield through JitoSOL, with the accumulated yield controlled by NFT holders. Superteam Japan hosts an educational session on Jito BAM scheduled for Nov 27th 09:00 JST.

Cushion (@cushiondottrade) chooses to build with JitoSOL for their platform.

The team warns that attempts to farm a hypothetical second airdrop will result in "reverse airdrop" invoices as penalties. JIP-25 has passed, expanding StakeNet's validator delegation from 200 to 400 validators.

RevTec becomes the first Solana validator to share 100% of block rewards and Jito tips with stakers.

Ranks #15 among top 20 most-used dApps in Solana dApp Store. Hiring for Head of Institutional Strategy & Development.

Helius expands into MEV stack services including validator, LST, and orderflow operations that overlap with Jito's business areas.

BAM now has 83 validators representing 5.6% of mainnet stake, while 5 governance proposals go to vote next week and the team prepares BAM delegation and directed stake features for launch pending governance approval.

Ranks #7 in development activity by Santiment's GitHub-based methodology, with ranking improving since last month.

The DAO has earned 131,611 JitoSOL in cumulative revenue to date, annualized to approximately $15.2m/yr.

SIMD-0186 protocol update schedules for devnet activation at epoch 978, requiring validators to run at least Jito v2.3.0.

Reaches over 20 million SOL in stake, powering 25% of SOL stake.

New LP incentive program allocates 10,000 JTO monthly to hyUSD-USDC liquidity providers with additional 5x Hylo XP Boost in collaboration with Hylo.

Jito Labs is hiring for new positions through their official website. (Tweet 1989356011967119842)

BAM launches as a new product, with the team drawing parallels to their November 2022 launch and stating BAM will enable Solana infrastructure capabilities.

The REV scheduler that provided Jito with 85% slot exclusivity is being deprecated by the Firedancer team.

Leadership publicly recognizes failure to communicate progress and vision to community over past 6 months and pledges to be more vocal going forward.

100% of protocol fees are directed towards JTO token buybacks, with repurchases occurring at current market levels.

SIMD-0306 protocol update goes live on Solana mainnet at epoch 878, increasing per account CU limit to 40% of block CU and requiring Jito v3.0.0 or higher for validators.

The 5 JIPs in the current governance batch cover cryptoeconomics, stake pool governance, governance structures, futarchy, and BAM.

Jito DAO enters new governance cycle with 5 major proposals numbered JIP-26 through JIP-30 for discussion and voting.

jitoSOL integrates with Katana for EVM-based yield farming opportunities, providing cross-chain utility for staked SOL.

realStaking staking product with uncapped yield goes live, powered by jito_sol and enabled by KyrosFi.

Onchain financials go live on Binance app, providing financial data visibility to Binance users.

JTO and JitoSOL holders receive 10,000 Fuel Points through new racer.fun partnership for Solana Grand Prix Pit Crew Missions.

Harmonic launches as a competitor on Solana.

SOL Strategies' Solana Mobile Validator goes live running Jito BAM, enabling staking directly from Seeker's Seed Vault Wallet with no fees on staking rewards and ISO 27001 & SOC 2 compliance.

jitoSOL launches on Katana with swap, borrow, lend, and vault features across SushiSwap, Morpho, Turtle, Midas RWA, and Re7 Labs protocols.